Seizure and arrests shadow Varig Prato Api case
A notice reports arrests and seizures linked to a security operation involving Varig Prato Api, with cartridges and tea seized during a raid at a residence of a retired official in Washington. The text also references a monthly agricultural statistics report detailing winter wheat conditions for April and comparing to past ten-year averages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Varig
Prato API
Roesembé
Beret
Uie
Washington
Bureau of Statistics
Department of Agriculture
Cases Dismissed in Cripple Creek District
District Attorney Clarence C Namito announced the dismissal of cases against Nelson Franklin and 46 other Cripple Creek district leaders charged formerly with deportation of certain persons on August 20 and looting union stores. Governor Folk appointed Theodore Aker as census enumerator for Independence Missouri yesterday.
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Cripple Creek
Col
Clarence C. Namito
Nelson Franklin
Cripple Cres District
Folk
Theodore Aker
Independence
Rojestvensky Battleship Division Moves Toward Cohin China
Russian news from Petersburg dated April 11 reports strong likelihood that Rojestvensky’s battleship squadron will join the fleet near Cochin China. A maneuver with the division that passed Singapore on April 8 may occur after both reach Cape Padaran on the east coast of Cochin China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cochin China
Russia receives vague wartime updates from Singaporе
St Petersburg April 11 Russia's information on Rojestvensky's position and movements is based on sparse foreign dispatches. Reports claim enemy fleets have joined the action while others seek to identify fleet divisions. The admiralty says it cannot clarify the situation, though officials insist they speak in good faith. An Associated Press note cites a merchant captain's account relayed to the Russia consulate in Singapore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Vetersburg
Russia
Rojestvansky
Hattie
Admiralty
Associated Press
Singapore
The Russians Believe the Japanese Are Watching Fleet
From St Petersburg on April 1 the admiralty reports Japan keeps an observation squadron in the waters near Labuan, British Borneo, and may stay in touch with the Russians until straits of Borneo. It suggests Tokyo may dare move ships to Vladivostok or let vessels be challenged there, leaving Japanese coasts and transports to act largely on their own until the naval battle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Vetersburg
Russia
Admiralty
Labuin
Straits of
Bormes
Topo
Vladivostok
Unclear excerpt hints at ships and meetings in April
A fragmented report mentions Hamburg American Line steamers, supply ships, and a meeting of a national association. It notes Kansas City figures on April 11 and references a Montana journey for a purchase, plus an upcoming slaughter at a branch in Okhuana during a national meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
George L. Miller
J Wok Ranely
Oklahoma
Montana
Okhuana
National Rutterial Association
Man Thrown From Train Near Nelson, Kansas
In a dispute aboard a freight train near Nelson Kansas Frank Wilson of Argentina says he was thrown from a Wadlington line train. The Kansas City Sourhero freight train incident left Wilson with probable mortal injuries and is under investigation by local officials as the wrecking action unfolds near the port and surrounding towns.
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Pittsburg
Kans
Frank Wilson
Argentine
Wadlington
D. A
Kansas City
Nelson
Hare
Heliing
Kormesz
Kig
Uy Tego Aya
Emperor's Yacht Arrives. Neutrality Monitored at Sea
Reports from April 1 1899 note Imperial yacht with Emperor William aboard docking at Corfu while Greek king sails toward The Hague to greet him. A Russian squadron misdirected, an ambered unit missed him. Chicago arbitration offer sought to settle drivers strike. A German Catholic school near Paola burned after lightning. Paola editor changes. Gen B Dorpblazer dies at 77, Civil War veteran.
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Corfir
Greece
Emperor Wiliam
Hague
le Umperor
Anambus
Islands
Parsad Sisgapore Agcrils
Paola
Kaus
Here
Intervention Secured A New Feature in Life Society
New York April 11 A stockholder Charles W Marse organizer of the American Lee Company obtained permission to intervene in the suit brought by Frankinn B Lord to restrain the mutualization plan agreed by the society's directors. Untermeyer speaking for Vice President James O Hyde stated he would present a formal position of intervention and said Mr Hyde is anxious for mutualization.
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New York
Able Life Assurance Society Litiza
Charles W. Marse
American Lee Company
Frankinnb
Lord
Untermeyer
James O. Hyde
Mr. Hyde
Disciplinary fate tied to pension office examiners
Washington reports that ten special and high salaried examiners face possible dismissal after an inquiry found errors in pension actions. Examiners admitted fault and appealed to the bureau head Warner, awaiting decision on punishment or discharge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wansitington
Attica
Balanee
Warner
Major Jewell Killed by Train Near Marietta
Major William G. Jewell a prominent member of the Ohio G A R was killed when he jumped from a moving automobile in front of an approaching train Cecil Gardner accompanied him in the car which had passed the track safely before the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marietta
Gihio
William G. Jewell
G. A
Ohio
Cecil Gardner
Jewell
Santa Fe Derailment Damages Train in Kansas
Santa Fe passenger train No 7 derailed at Santa Fe wrecking four cars including two Pullmans. Three passengers were injured, not seriously, taken to Emporia. Ida Minuike of Louisburg among the injured, en route to a Royal Neighbors meeting. others had minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quegema
Kans
Santa Fe
Here
Emporia
Ida Minuike
Louisburg
Woman Found Insane in Wichita Probate Court
Mrs Liszia Armstrongy was adjudged insane in the Wichita probate court. She believes unknown men plan to sell her property at LaCrosse Kansas and squander the money in a lawsuit. She says the fear is hourly communicated to her by spirits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita
Kans
Liszia Armstrongy
Fitee
LaCrosse
Kau
Elderly man in Indian Diggings kills son to save kin
In El Dorado county at Indian Diggings 74 year old Austin Morgan Starkey shot and killed his son Joseph Starkey 25 after the son tried to massacre his brother John’s family with an ax. Joseph pursued the grandchildren and the grandfather into the house. when the door was breached Starkey shot him dead to stop the attack. One granddaughter aged about ten was killed instantly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Placerville
Cal
Indian Diggings
el Dorado County
Austin
Morgan Starkey
Joseph Starkey
John
Joseph
Motor Car A Success In Omaha Exhibition
The Union Pacific test motor car at the shops in Maha Nebraska will make its first passenger trip tonight and later depart for Portland Oregon to operate across plains and mountains under its own power. It will be exhibited in Cotton station yards with experts explaining operation. Minor mechanical improvements have been added since its initial build. W K McKeen Jr, superintendent of motive power, says the car runs as smoothly as an electric motor and is designed to compete with electric power.
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Maha
Neb
Union Pacific Pashing
Portland Ore
Éer
Coton Station
W. K.mckeen, Jr
Castro Reply Sent in Venezuela Arbitration Offer
The State Department reported receipt of President Castro's reply to the Venezuelan arbitration proposal from Minister Lowen. There is no urgency, and the documents will remain for cabinet consideration after Roosevelt's western trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
State Department
Lowen
Cantras
United States
Venezuela
Hoosevelt
Poison Instead of Divorce In Kansas Woman's Death
Mrs Maude Terrell Waight wife of Arthur Waight of Sturlington Kansas committed suicide this morning by taking ten grains of strychnine She was about 27 years old and married in December She had left home to go downtown to obtain the poison and told her husband she planned to consult a lawyer about securing a divorce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sturlington
Kans
Maude ‘Terrell Traight
Arthur Waight
Husband in Leavenworth Penitentiary Parole Effort
Mrs Hallie Brown, with a small child, sought her husband who had left Fremont, Nebraska a year ago. She traced him to Kansas City Kansas and learned he was sentenced to fifteen years for stealing clothing. An effort may be made to obtain a parole due to his wife’s financial need.
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Leavenworth
Knsns
Hallie Brown
Khangas
Crowns
Fremont
Neb
Kansas City
Kans
Brown
Fatal shooting during initiation in Little Rock lodge
Ebenezer Rapyan was shot and killed during a Pythians initiation at the Fezerhall lodge in Ark. Charles Filler, a lodge officer, officiated and reportedly used a revolver that, though believed blank, discharged fatally.
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Little Rock
Ark
Ebenezer Rapyan
Kadlehts of
Pythias
Fezerhall
Charles Filler
Lynchings Threat in Prospect After Attack on Woman
In Vadertiile Kansas on April 11 a Black man forced entry to the sleeping room of Mrs John Griffith wife of a bookkeeper and attacked her. The assailant escaped and has not been captured. Bloodhounds were sent for. If caught he will likely be lynched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vadertiile
Kans
John Grifith
Death toll from Kangra and Palampur quakes tallied
Commissioner Juhundur estimates 10 000 deaths in Kangra district and 3 000 in Palampur district after the recent earthquake. The Women’s Missionary Society of the Larned presbytery closed its week’s sessions in McPherson yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lahore
Punjab
India
Juhundur
Kangra
Palampur
Women's Missionay Society of the
Boy Stabbed In a Fight In Rich Air Missouri
In Rich Air Missouri on April 11 Donavan Lieyd aged 17 stabbed Pleasant Fossitt aged 45 during a fight leaving Fossitt dangerously injured at his home. Lieyd inflicted wounds in the hand shoulder and right lung and is in jail. Topeka reports mayor Davis appointed A G Goodwin grain dealer and ex exalted ruler of the local Elks as chief of police succeeding Frank Stahl.
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Rich Air
Donavan Lieyd
Pleasant Fossitt
Fossitt
Young Lieyd
Lloyd
Pial
Topeka
Davis
A. G. Goodwin
The
Jocal Elks
Frank Stahl
Kansan Push for Consul Posts in Washington
Washington April 11 Kansas members urged the president to award several consul posts as vacancies open after reorganization. Though entitled to seven foreign appointments Kansas has only one high post, John C. Caldwell in Costa Rica. Other nominees include Charles B Caldwell Gustav Kuthe and Walter C Bishop with varying pay, while Cape Tos and Havana posts offer salaries and fees. Several candidates like John M Ulght and Paul Jones are listed as possibles.
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Washington, D. C
Kansas
United States
State Department
John C. Caldwell
San Jose
Costa Rica
Charles 3. Caldwell
Gustav €. Kuthe
Cassel
Poussius Pillip S. Elicit
Tela
Honduras
Walter C. Bishop
Cape of Goodoor
William RK. Bigham
Kazan
Bigham
Kansas Delewation
John M. Ulughet
Bingordi
Fe Oa
Attorneys file madamus suit over state oil bonds
Topeka April 11 Attorneys filed a mandamus suit in the supreme court by State Treasurer T T Kelly and the warden of the penitentiary to compel issuance of the state oil refinery bonds. The treasurer and warden refused to sign though the law was passed by the legislature and designated them to issue the bonds.
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Topeka
Flved, Ware
Altorneys
Jeg
Train collision minor injuries reported in Kansas
Topeka Kansas April 11 two Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe passenger trains collided last night. Passengers were injured lightly to seriously while crew members sustained burns and cuts. Named injured include Frank Lord James Moore J A Burnell Frank Breeve Hay Zimmerman and a cook on the number 4 train.
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Topeka
Kans
Knnxley
Kansas
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Ieresy
Frank & Lord
James BR. Moore
Ekomastavla
J A. Burnell
Porter
Burt
Frank J Breeve
Hay “Zimmerman
Cook
Buried in a Well near Walthall
James Cameron a well digger was buried eighty feet deep while repairing machinery in a well near Walthall. He was rescued after the cave in but remains trapped as the earth would not permit removal for several hours.
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Ringhood
O. T
James Cameron
Walthall
Ina
Fire destroys Blake Brother & Co wholesale firm
Fire today in Huntington West Virginia destroyed the five story Blake Brother & Company wholesale grocery and the seven story building housing the American Stopzie company. Estimated loss exceeds 1300000. fire crews battled the blaze through the day.
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Iluntingrop
W. Va
Blake Brother & Company
American Stopzie Company
Philadelphia Woman Dead After Long Illness
Philadelphia reports Mrs James P Hutchison eldest daughter of A J Cassatt president of the Pennsylvania railroad and related to President Buchanan has died after a long illness. In Missouri Richard E Murphy, accused of condolence scam, was brought to St. Joe to answer theft charges. Wright Terry of Trinity County Texas pleaded guilty to two murder counts and received a life term.
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Philadelphia
Mra
James P. Hutchison
A. J. Cassatt
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Buchanan
Richard E. Murphy
Senator Cockrell
Washington
St. Joe
McNamara
Merchants’ Bank
Wright Terry
Cffizen
Trinity County
Texas
I J
Campbell in It. Congressmen Offer Help to Garfield
Topeka April 11 Congressman Phillip Campbell arrived and volunteered his services to Commissioner Garfield in the Standard Oil investigation. Campbell will remain with Garfield assisting during the inquiry, as they work on records at the auditor and secretary of state offices.
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Topeka
Kans
Phillip Pcampbell
Garfield
Standard Oil Company
Campbell
Garfeld
Kansas Field
Minister Suspended After Indiscretion Inquiry
Wilkestarre Lt April presided over the Wyoming Obedist conference session where a committee examined Reg. OC Wy Smith on charges. The panel recommended suspending him from ministerial duties for one year citing indiscretion and impudence. Smith, a former Fairview Methodist pastor in Bighampton, was accused of attempting to entice a parishioner's one-year-old daughter Miss Mortema to elope.
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Wilkestarre
Wy Smith
Iran
Smith
Fairview Methodist Church
Bighampton
Sly
Will
Will Que Tempting To Induce Miss Mortem
Protests Delay Memorial Address Planned by Senator Burt
In Beloit and Abilene, protesters urged Senator Burt to skip a Memorial Day address in Helon. A previous post meeting favored honoring Kur lon with the memorial, and the vote was revisited amid opposition from residents protesting the trip.
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Beait
Kane
Woman Leaves Husband 40000 In Will Before Death
Coffeyville Kansas April 11 Mrs Adeline Spears wife of a day laborer died in a two room hut where she lived with her husband Just before her death she called for a lawyer and made a will leaving to her husband 40000 which she declared she had on deposit in a book at Oakland California
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Coffeyville
Kans
Adeline Spears
Oakland Calf
New Church Dedicated in Newton Kansas
The 835000 Presbyterian church was dedicated Sunday by Rev. T. Kerr of Hutchinson and Dr. D. C. Miller president of Emporia College. Presbyterian clergy from many parts of the state attended this costly church dedication in Newton Kansas.
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Newton
Kan
Apr
T. Kerr
Hutchlnson
D. C. Miller
College of Emporia
Sartoun
Injured man dies after mill accident in Kansas
In Longford Kansas CG A Marie was crushed in a shale mill incident Sunday evening. He died about an hour later from internal injuries. He left a widow and several children.
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Longford
Kans
Marie
Thenée Shale
Juestta Ch
Telegraphic Brevities from a Turbulent Era
Police report Fred Doupins, a negro, arrested Saturday for robbing the Hampton post office. confession claimed. Arthur Moore, a young man from Joelz on, Miss, killed by a Mobile and Ohio train. Very Rev John A. John of Notre Dame objected to a $100 offering. Miss Ora Farrell, runaway, confined in Evansville, Ind., to bring father to fetch her home. Fire at Waldisville, Ind. wipes out James Cross store and adjacent buildings, loss about 40,000. Samuel C. James spoke in Chicago to the Association of American Colleges. J D Fossett, US marshal for Oklahoma, fled with DOJ report detailing expenses totaling 15,376 salary and fees 3,050 witness fees 2,009 prisoners' supports 39,090 bailiffs' pay 699 miscellaneous 715 jury fees 44,48.
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Arthur Moore
Jaoz
Misa
Mobile
Ohio
John A. John
Notre Dame
Ind
Congregation
The
Mary Cros
United States
University of Notre Dame
Ora Farrell
Etfazvetlitawa
Jil
Evanasille
D. Fossett
Mareshal
Oklahoma
Department of Justice
Natural Gas Officials Visit Lawrence for Pipeline Links
Kansas Natural Gas Company executive J. C. MacDowell and M. M. Sweetman, accompanied by Pittsburg Bank of Pittsburg president Wilson Schall and Pittsburg official Mr. Scully, inspect Lawrence to plan mat ural gas connections. Mains will link with local gas lines in the south, at the plant, and on the north side. The pipeline will run to Leavenworth, with the Topeka branch following the Wakarusa Creek toward the northwest. Work progresses rapidly. officials expect completion earlier than Sharpe ordinance promised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. MacDowell
The
Kansas Natural Gas Company
Wilson Schall
Bank of Pittsuburg
Mr. Scully
Pittsburg
M. M. Sweetman
Lawrence
Leavenworth
Topeka
Wakarusa
Advertising Dispute Sparks Kansas Oil Debate
A fragment from a Kansas newspaper reveals heated claims about the oil industry and Standard Oil. Citizens argue over advertising costs, refinery use, and whether state funds are misdirected. The piece notes distrust of Standard Oil and defense of local producers amid price and rent concerns.
Wish of a Princess: Danish Royal at Station Farewell
Princess Charles of Denmark was seen at a railway terminus bidding farewell to a guest. She appeared bored as a reporter jotted notes and received a pellet of paper with a message reading I wish I were a reporter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles
Denmark
Ste. Lao
Philippine Magazine Plans Patronage by President Roosevelt
Felipe Muencamino son of Aguinaldo era secretary of state announces a Filipino magazine moved to the University of California plans to secure patronage from President Roosevelt. Filipino students led by Muencamino, seeking to dedicate the publication to the president, have sent letters requesting his support. Most contents will be in Spanish with a portion in English.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Felipe Muencamino
Aguinaldo
Magasine i I
University of California
Secur
Recsvelt
Hnencaning
A Wonderful Shaw and Other Fragments from the Era
A Shaw gifted by Orenthur women travels in a wooden box with silver locks and tassels, its exterior enriched with motifs including turbaned figures. The item measures about ten yards square yet folds into a small parcel. Additional notes describe green fruit picked early, a London Lancet critique of food preservation, and Buckingails the prospector finding a high gold and silver assay at the Dispense mine near Reno.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orenthur
Russia
Ana
Buckngails
Reno
Markets by Wire live stock and grain notes
Kansas City and Chicago market wires report cattle prices and futures for April 11 with cattle, stockers, and cows at varied bids. Wheat and corn futures show May and July positions, with details on soy, oats, rye, hay, butter, eggs, and pork and lard prices for nearby delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansan City
Kansas City
Hay
Timothy
Chulee
Prairle
Excavation at Herculaneum Seeks Continued Support
President Roosevelt approves placing the Ameseus Batius head and pledges to desist lemany actions to advance excavation at Herculaneum. Charles Wahlstein, Ph. OL HW 0, a resident of the Tleenig variety, serves on the British archaeo HoDi committee, noting this site as most promising for future Mixtaveries.
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Ameseus Batius
Lemany
France
Italy
Herreulaneum
Charles Wahlstein
Cotunen
Mixtaveries
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